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FINAL REPORT 



TREASURER AND FINANCE COMMITTEE 



METROPOLITAN FAIR 



IN AID OF THE 



iiiitrli §iate ^aiiitarg Coiiimi^sioii, 



HELD IN NEW YORK, APRIL, 1864. 



NEW YORK: 

JOHN F. TllOW, PRINTER, 50 GREENE STREET. 

1864. 



FINAL REPORT 



TREASURER AND FINANCE COMMITTEE 



METROPOLITAN FAIR 



IN AID OF THE 



iuM Slate Samtarj Commission, 



HELD IN NEW YORK, APRIL, 1864. 






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NEW YORK: 

JOHN F. TROW, PRINTER, 50 GREENE STREET, 

1864. 



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FINAL REPORT. 

The Finance Committee of the late Metropolitan Fair would 
respectfully present the following as the final Keport of the affairs 
under their administration : 

The whole amount of moneys received was One Million Three 
Hundred and Fifty-one Thousand Two Hundred and Seventy-five 
Dollars and Ninety-four Cents ($1,351,275 94), and the expendi- 
tures One Hundred and Sixty-seven Thousand Seven Hundred and 
Sixty-nine Dollars and Seventy-one Cents ($167,769 71), leaving a 
net profit of One Million One Hundred and Eighty-three Thousand 
Five Hundred and Six Dollars and Twenty-three Cents ($1,183,506 
23) ; of which amount One Million One Hundred and Eighty Thou- 
sand and Ninety-one Dollars and Twenty-seven Cents ($1,180,091 27) 
were paid over to the United States Sanitary Commission, and their 
receipt taken for the same ; and Three Thousand Four Hundred and 
Fourteen Dollars and Ninety-six Cents ($3,414 96) were retained by 
them to close up some still unsettled affairs. 

Respectfully submitted, 

JOHN H. GOURLIE, 

Chaikman Finance Committee. 



Ur, 



THE METROPOLITAN FAIR ASSOCIATION 



1864: 








Aug. 1. — To amount from former Eeport. 






$176,671 90 


'' 2.— Art Gallery, sale of Matting , . . . 




$153 60 




" " " " (additional) exhibi- 








tion of Mr. As- 








pi n wall's Gallery 




257 00 




" 8. — IJew York Club, balance of con- 








tribution by Edward A. Bibby, 








Treasurer 




90 00 




" 25.— Sale of Stationery by C. 0. 




Jones 




105 00 






605 60 


Sept. 1. — Music Committee per Wm. 






Scharfenberg, sale of jjiano. . . 




250 00 




" 14. — Adolphus Schwerin 




25 00 




" 16.— Music Committee by W, Schar- 




fenberg 




1,154 55 
55 50 




" 27.— Eeceipts from sales 










1,485 05 


Oct. 1.— Music Committee by W. Schar- 






fenberg, sale of steel bell 




723 40 




" 11. — Receipts from sales 




17 00 




" 19. — Cariosity Shop, sale of books, 








&c 




G7 35 




" 25. — Swiss Department, sale of Me- 








chanical Singing Bird 




300 00 




" 27. — Committee on Public Convey- 








ances, Albany Line of Steam- 








ers by Le Grand B. Cannon.. 




104 00 


1,211 75 


Nov. 1,— Mrs. C. M. Lamson, London, 






proceeds of sale of book of 








photographs and autographs, 








through James Tinker, Esq., 








New York 


• 


300 00 
84 00 




" 2. — Receipts from sales 




" 3.— Committee on Optical Instru- 




ments, by Messrs. Beni. Pike 








&Sons 




92 00 
75 00 




" 7. — Restaurant Department, sales. . 




" 12.— Music Committee by W. Schar- 








fenbers: 




104 18 

25 00 
15 00 




" 16.— Sale of bale of flax 




" 17.— Sale of Necklace 




" 21.— New Jersey Department, to 




close 




12 09 




" 23. — Dramatic Committee by R. 








Grant White 




121 85 




" " Children's Department, Union 








Square, by C. W. Darling 




139 25 




" " Donations to National Sailors' 








Fair, Boston: 








Curiosity Shop 


97 00 






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Carried forward 


$97 00 


$968 37 


$179,974 30 



IN ACCOUNT WITH ELLEN R. STRONG, Treasurer. 



Cr. 



1864: 
Aug. 2, 



b. 
6. 

9. 
16. 
31. 



Sept. 2. 

9, 

" 16, 

Oct. 1. 

" 4. 

" 5.' 

" 13.—; 



Fov. 



31.— I 



22 



-By Expenses. Art Gnllery, Tick- 
ets to Mr. Aspinwall's Exhibi- 
tion, sold at various stations, 
and paid into Treasurer's of- 
fice 

Michael Donnelly .' 

Office Expenses 

■Moving Sate 

Art Gallery, charges in Rome on 

Roman contributions 

-Floral Committee, for Aquarium 

-Office Rent 

-Wholesale Grocery Committee : 

Sundry Bills for advertising 

Stage and Oar Fares 

Michael Donnelly 

-Art Gallery, Insurance 

Arms and Trophies, freight 

Michael Donnelly 

Office Expenses 

-Advertising "Journal of Com- 
merce " 

-Travelling Expenses 

•Cartage and Expenses on Glass. 

Michael Donnelly 

Cotton and Raw Goods, adver- 
tising 

A. T. Stewart & Co., for Child- 
ren's Department 

Manhattan Gas Light Co. in full 

Decorations, Colonel D. H. 
Vinton : 

Flags lost and damaged 

Office Expenses 

— Michael Donnelly. 

—Office Rent 

— Art Gallery, E. Leutzes 

— Printing Treasurer's Report 

— Freight on Foreign Goods 

—Sundry Office Expenses 

" New York Herald," advertis- 
ing Ex. Committee 

— Note Paper .^ 

— Fitting up Stove for Office. . . 

Ships and Shijiping Committee, 

work, &c., done and flags lost 

—Millinery Com., D. Marley's bill 

Union Square Department, W 

& J. Sloane 

Carried forward 





$257 


00 






41 


00 






230 


00 






12 


00 






1.S2 


61 






22 


50 






44 


16 






315 


73 
48 






10 


30 


$1,066 38 










37 50 






5 


75 






41 


20 






209 


00 






9 


87 






2 


00 


305 32 




3 


00 






40 


30 






12 


78 






5 


88 






131 


25 






856 


56 






224 00 










1,273 77 




40 


00 




75 00 






10 


00 






454 


14 






10 


25 






15 


00 






132 


80 






2 


50 






6 


25 






35 


50 






71 


00 






22 


30 






$872 74 


$2,645 47 



Dr. 



THE METROPOLITAN FAIR ASSOCIATION 



1864: 
Nov. 23. 



-To amounts brought forward. 

Art Gallery 

Machinery Department 

Decorations , 

Lingerie Department 

Music Committee 

Fancy Goods Committee 

Sliips imd Shipping do 

Hardware do 



Nov. 29. — Swiss Department, balnnce of 
Sales by Mrs. M. J. Paillard.. 

Public Schools Committee, by 
R. Grant White 

Hardware Committee, by Geo. 
0. Wetmore 



Dec. 1.- 



-Tnterest on U. S. Certificate 
No. 9197, 154 days 6 per cent.. 
$100.520 .■ 

Interest on U. S. Certificate 
No. 9437, $70.000, 133 days, 6 
per cent 



New Yokk, Dec. 3, 1864. 

The undersigned, a committee appointed 
to examine and audit the nccounts and 
books of the Finance Department, John H. 
Gourlie, Chairman, and Mrs. Ellen R. 
Strong, Treasurer, of the Metropolitan Fair, 
report tluit the}' have carefully examined 
the same from the date of the last examina- 
tion, May 18, 1864, to the present date, and 
find them correct in every respect. 

(Signed) Jas. A. Roosevelt. 

William T. Blodgett. 
C. H. Ogden. 

Dec. 9. — To Union Square Music Com- 
mittee, sale of piano by Wm. 
Scharfenberg 

" 10.— Art Gallery, sale of Sketches ... 

" " Curiosity Shop, Sales 

" " Decorations 



$97 00 
1,300 00 

150 00 
15 00 
98 50 
50 00 

199 00 
62 00 
35 00 



2,580 01 
1,551 67 



$968 37 



2,006 50 

227 25 

75 50 

5 33 



4,131 68 



$179,974 30 



400 00 

101 00 

4 00 

3 54 



8,282 95 



4,131 68 



508 54 



$187,897 47 



IN ACCOUNT WITH ELLEN K. STRONG, Treasurer. 



Cr. 



1864: 
Nov. 22. — By amounts brought forward. . . 
John G. Dale, foreign freight. . , 
Hardware Committee, Show 

Case 

Art Gallery, Printing Autograph 

Catalogue 

Boyd's City Post, Postages 

New Yoi-k "Sun," advertising. . 

New York " Tribune," do 

New York " Times," do 

" 23. — Donations to National Sailors' 

Fair, Boston 

Michael Donnelly 

" 25. — D. Appleton & Co., printing La- 
dies' Report 

" 30. — Office Expenses 

Postage Stamps and Fares 

Dec. 1. — Union Square Department, Alex. 

Stevenson 

Exjn'ess Charges on Erhlinger's 

Painting 

" 2. — United States Sanitary Commis- 
sion 

" 5. — Advertising 

" 13.— Michael Donnelly 

" 15.— Rent to Dec. Yth 

" 31. — Office Expenses, Salaries to Jan- 

WM-yl 

M. Donnelly, to Jan. 1 

Sundry Expenses, Fare, &c 

John H. Gourlie, Chairman, for 
Contingent Fund to close .... 



$872 74 
60 26 

4 00 

31 17 

4 20 

10 00 

12 18 

7 50 

2,006 50 
10 00 

110 18 

215 00 

6 77 




218 00 
25 00 
10 61 

3,414 96 



2,645 47 



3,350 46 



178,101 98 



3,739 57 

$187,897 47 



ELLEN K. STRONG, TREAsuiiEE. 

JOHN H. GOURLIE, Chairman Finaxck Committee. 



CONSOLIDATED CASH. 



JOr. 



67 
62 
69 
65 
82 
6 &43 
70 
37 



78 
3 

80«fe44 



29 
84 
26 

83 

75 

34 
49 

54 



Arms and Trophies 

Agricultural Departmeut 

Architectural Department 

Art Department 

Auction Sales of Sundries 

Baptist Churches 

Book Department 

Boot and Shoe Department 

Buffalo Department ... 

Churches, Methodist 

do. Universalist 

do. Jewish 

do. Episcopal 

do. 2(1 Av. and 14th Street. . 

do. Mr. Tliompson's. 

do. Mr. Ganse 

do. Sundry 

Carriage Department 

Cliina, Glass, and Earthenware De- 
partment 

Clothing Department 

Cotton and Raw Goods Committee 

Cloths, English 

Curiosity Shop 

Copper Mine 

Dramatic Committee 

Decorations, Sale of 

Druggists' Committee 

Dry Goods Committee 

Dentists' Committee 

Dobbs' Ferry and Tarrytown 

Dressmaking (proper) 

Express Companies of Nevv York.. 

Exchanges and Discounts 

Excelsior Society 

English Goods 

Fancy Goods Committee 

Finance Committee 

Fortune-Teller 

Foreign Contributions 

Furniture Committee 

Foreign Goods 

Furnishing Goods, Gentlemen's. . . 

Floral Department. . . 

Grocers' Committee 

Gas, Flags, and Coal Committee.. 

Hardware Committee 

Hide and Leather Committee 

Hartford Committee 

Hats, Caps, and Furs Committee. . 

Hairdressers' Committee 

Hastings 

Carried forward 



$67,100 


48 


5,580 


62 


10,108 57| 


85,780 


22 


2,700 


19 


1,432 


60 


12,424 02 1 


8,138 


23 


500 


00 


8,103 


41 


7,890 


63 


3,162 


18 


1,848 


20 


907 00 


917 60 


1,042 


29 


764 57i 


3,136 


10 


5,368 


25 


26,688 


34 


8,475 


00 


4,331 


64 


11,455 37| 


5 


20 


13,951 


57 


18 


54 


6,102 


27 


137,623 


00 


2,913 


50 


442 


00 


30 


17 


20,000 


00 


25 


72 


1,345 


00 


310 


50 


16,794 82| 


63,840 


00 


80 


75 


5,280 77| 


8,837 


33 


131 


65 


3,936 


15 


7,391 


53 


51,211 


43 


26,718 50| 


28,388 


88 


6,770 00| 


1,005 


00 


10,930 


85 


533 


30 


665 


00 







$688,138 44 



nr. 



CONSOLIDATED CASH. 



Brought forward 

19 Harlem 

Interest 

39 India Rubber Committee 

Insurance 

52 Indian Department 

42 Jewelry Department 

45 Jacob's Well 

Light Gymnastics 

56 Lingerie Department 

Vol Ladies' Goods, Mrs. Courtney 

45 Lemonade 

63 Machinery 

Metro])olitan Police 

72 Millinery Committee 

Militia, 7th Regiment N.Y.S.N.G. 

73 Mineral Department 

35 New Jersey Department 

New York Post Office 

New York Fire Department 

10 New Bedford 

16 Norwalk 

Out-of-Town Contributions 

59 Oils, Soap, and Candles Committee 

Owego 

12 Ohio 

Private Contributions ..^ 

Private Schools 

Public Schools 

54 Printing and Stationery 

Produce and Corn Exchange 

Public Press 

24[ Perfumery Table 

77 Photographic Gallery 

Public Conveyances. 

Private Table, E. Mathews 

Police 7tli Precinct 

61 Restaurant Department 

41 Roman Department 

50 Sewing Machines 

79 Stoves and Gas Fitting 

64 Ships and Shipping 

Sundry Sales 

13 Staten Island 

36 Saddlery and Harness 

46 Spirit of the Fair 

47 Surgical and Optical Instruments, 
48' Soda Water 

Tobacco 

33 Thread and Needles Committee.. 

Trades and Associations 

Ticket Department 

I Carried forward 



$3,584 11 

5.582 77 
8,621 43 

943 83 

1,765 00 

19,960 56 

640 19 

745 55 

12,284 80 

2,233 00 

32 00 

19,769 07 

4,034 25 

4,205 80 

8.583 50 
1,174 02 

88,298 08 
700 00 
30,250 00 
1,000 00 
1,565 00 
3,081 12 
8,635 96 
1,140 24 
2,340 20 
39,028 22 
1,129 15 
23,782 19 
7,047 36 
5,750 00 
1,245 04; 
1,262 00 
456 05 
8,384 80 
4,500 00 
711 00 
17,573 16 
7,896 30 
3,803 62 
111 75 
20,177 72 
453 21 
3,870 04 
2,755 30 
7,175 73 
1,716 62 
1,200 85 
25 00 
3,566 60 
3,224 48 
181,382 10 



,138 44 



$1,216,537 21 



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CONSOLIDATED CASH. 



57 
17 
18 
25 
84 



Brought forward 

Turnverein Table 

Tliread and Small "Wares 

Toys 

Union Square Department 

Music Committee, additional 

Swiss Committee, additional. . . . 
Children's Committee, additional 

Window Glass 

Wines and Liquors 

Welsh Department 

Westchester 

Wax Flowers 

Umbrella Stand 



$96,785 55 

2,682 13 

527 25 

139 25 



$1,039 


50 


4,918 


00 


1,851 


45 


100,134 


18 


100 


00 


17.850 06| 


5,210 


05 


2,312 


00 


1,314 


69 


8 


80 







$1,216,537 21 



$1,351,275 94 



Nbw York, Z>«o. 16, 1861. 



CONSOLIDATED CASH. 



11 



Cr. 



By Advertising 

Art (hillei-y 

Buildings 

Cotiiiterfeit Muney 

Donations to other Fairs 

Discounts 

Delivery of Purchases at Fair. . 

Decorations 

English (Consignment, Hosiery 
and Tea 

Furniture 

Freights 

Fire Police 

Floral Department 

Gas and other Lights 

Grocers' Committee, Advertis- 
ing 

Gas-Fitting and Plumbing,... 

Hardware Committee 

Insurance 

Labor 

Music 

Millinery Committee 

Printing, 

Postages 

Painting 

Rents 

Receiving Department 

Stationery 

Stoves and Fuel 

Salaries 

Sundr}' Departments 

Shipping Charges 

Subsistence ot Police 

Table Furniture 

Ticket Department 

Union Square Department. . . . 

United States Sanitary Com- 
mission 

Contingent Fund to Close 



$5,282 31 

468 28 

48,565 17 

307 85 

5,743 32 

138 94 

824 40 

5,09!) 12 

6,421 73 
1,696 23 
1,259 16 
2,356 37 
22 50 
2.960 52 
'315 73 

6,072 89 

4 00 

4,438 83 

2,786 12 

5,385 00 

71 00 

6,742 13 

658 00 

483 07 

4.413 56 
919 83 
570 23 

1,160 72 

3,667 27 

34,090 65 

668 79 

3.200 50 

8,548 31 

2,3H4 50 

33 18 

1,180,091 27 

3.414 96 



$1,351,275 94! 



ELLEN R. STRONG, Treasurer. 

JOHN II. GOURLIE, Chairman Financk Committek. 



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NOTE. 

The Chairman of the Finance Committee begs leave to state that the following 
items of sales by various Departraeuts were contributed by and through the 
New Jersey Department, viz. : 

For Sales of Tickets of Admission $8,791 00 

'• by Arms and Trophies Department 2,000 00 

" Machinery Department 1,287 40 

" Rubber Department ,' • 517 00 

" Floral Department (about) 2,000 00 

For Cottage, not sold (stolen from Union Square) . . . 600 00 
For Cash 12 09 

10,207 49 
Amount paid in as per previous Report 38,286 99 

$48,493 48 

Also, that there was credited to Trades and As- 
sociations, obtained through the Committee of 
Stationery and Printing 366 20 

Also, sold by Machinery Department and paid in by 

them, the proceeds of a Press, amounting to 975 00 

$1,341 20 

which amount is to be added to the Stationery returns as above reported, to show 
the gross receipts of Committee. 



